Leading Innovation

In today's complex & competitive business environment, most companies rank innovation as one of their top strategic priorities. In a recent study conducted by the Boston Consulting Group, more than 3/4 of the business leaders surveyed ranked innovation..

Course Outline

In today's complex and competitive business environment, most companies rank innovation as one of their top strategic priorities. In a recent study conducted by the Boston Consulting Group, more than three quarters of the business leaders surveyed ranked innovation as their top - or one of their top three - strategic priorities.

The challenge is that many organizations struggle to truly innovate. Often they are restricted by a narrow definition of innovation or are limited by thinking of innovation relative to their industry or competitors.

What You'll Learn
  • Innovation and characteristics of innovative organizations
  • Cultural aspects and which individual competencies enable innovation
  • Steps in the innovation process and the 12 ways that an organization can innovate
  • How to define an innovation strategy and agenda for your organization or team
Who Needs to Attend

Leaders at all levels: vice presidents, directors, managers, and supervisors

Follow-On Courses
  • Leading Continuous Change
  • Leading in Complex Times: Maximizing Your Emotional Intelligence
  • Leading High Performing Teams
  • Building Your Business IQ
  • Making Effective Business Decisions
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Bottom Line Innovation
  • Align for Results
  • Coach. Coach. Coach.
Course Outline
1. What is Innovation?
  • The definition of innovation
  • Degrees of innovation
  • 12 ways organizations innovate
  • Characteristics of innovation leaders
2. Making Innovation Work
  • The building blocks of innovation
  • Building the right culture
  • Assessing your culture
  • Entrepreneurism: The link to innovating success
3. The Innovation Process
  • Basics
  • Generating and assessing ideas
  • Accelerating your project
  • Launching and measuring success
  • Capturing learning from innovation
4. Conclusion and Action Planning
  • Questions and review of learning objectives
  • Perform phase assignment: Your innovation agenda strategy

Training Location

Online Classroom
your office

your city, your province
your country